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Agnieszka Holland
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Director, Screenwriter Born: November 28, 1948 in Warsaw, Poland Biography:Best recognized for her highly politicized contributions to Polish New Wave cinema, "Agnieszka Holland" ranks as one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers. Following her graduation from the Prague Film School in 1971, Holland served as "Krzysztof Zanussi"'s assistant director on his 1973 film "Illuminacja". Director "Andrzej Wajda" served as her mentor during this time, and the two collaborated on a number of scripts. Holland then directed stage plays and TV movies, later drawing upon her theatrical experience to create her 1978 feature "Aktorzy Prowincjonalni", which was outwardly a chronicle of the tense backstage relations within a small town theater company but was actually a metaphor for Poland's political situation. The film won the FIPRESCI prize at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Just before the enactment of Polish martial law in December 1981, Holland moved her operations to Paris. Her 1985... Full Biography
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